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Trust is not a governance strategy.

A person running behind several robotic dogs on a single slack leash.
A field note on bounded autonomy

Calling All AI Companies: Put Your Agents on a Leash

We leash a 50-pound dog. Why do we let AI agents with access to code, APIs, and real systems run on trust alone? Capability answers “Can it?” Governance answers “May it?” Why identity permission is not task-level authority, and what an independent checkpoint has to evaluate before an action reaches the environment.

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